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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date SpainOmanAlbania
40,3782,3483,085
40,5632,4033,065
40,7752,4573,047
41,4332,5103,038
42,2052,5623,026
42,8692,6133,014
43,6722,6632,998
44,3702,7132,979
45,2462,7642,957
45,9932,8162,934
46,3782,8712,915
46,5732,9282,900
46,7462,9862,892
46,7773,0472,888
46,6033,1102,882
46,4653,1742,876
46,4203,2402,868
46,4603,3072,863
46,5433,3752,861
46,7393,4442,854
47,1163,5122,842
47,3663,5822,825
47,3423,6512,799
47,6253,6962,787

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

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Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Spain

  • 1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
  • 1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
  • 1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)

No separate list is published for Oman, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.